What's the best restaurant you've ever been to? (Include name, location, and average bill for two.)

shannmc:

Joy America Cafe, Baltimore, $250.

The Fool:

What technology do you wish the world had but doesn't yet?

shannmc:

Teleportation.

The Fool:

Briefly review your favorite book.

shannmc:

Generation X by Douglas Coupland. Navel-gazing and pop-culture philosophy presented through some very interesting storytelling.

The Fool:

If you had to pick an existing song title that best describes your life, what would it be?

shannmc:

The Grouch-Green Day

The Fool:

What do you fear most?

shannmc:

That the next GOP presidental candidate will be even more stupid and ruthless than the one we've got and that the Democrats will continue to sit impotently by while s/he gets elected. Or, conversely, that the Dems will ignore her negatives and bet the farm on Hilary Clinton because she's a rock star to a small percent of the population.

The Fool:

Are we alone in the universe? If not, where is everybody?

shannmc:

Hiding from us.

The Fool:

What's the one thing you'd MOST like to see The Motley Fool add to our service or improve upon?

shannmc:

Improve the search feature. And give us our old names back. And think of some better interview questions, while you're at it.

The Fool:

What's the most overrated idea, person, or event in our culture?

shannmc:

Any person who has ever been on a reality show.

The Fool:

OK, Elvis and Larry King: Which one's a true king -- or were both -- or were neither?

shannmc:

Elvis, of course. 1)Larry isn't a one-namer-I could be talking about Larry Flynt, Larry Bird, Larry Ellison, Leisure Suit Larry.....2)After his demise, there will be no "Larry sightings" at Taco Bell. 3)"Larry has left the building" just doesn't have the same ring to it. 4)Larry wouldn't look that good in a white polyester jumpsuit. and 5)The Fool mascot isn't named Larry, now is he?